Training Barracks Upgrade Program
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and McKenney's team are upgrading military barracks to improve soldiers' living conditions, enhance energy efficiency, and pursue LEED® certification. Utilizing prefabricated plumbing and HVAC systems, the team develops streamlined project schedules and strategies to meet tight timelines while minimizing onsite construction time. This collaborative approach aims to achieve significant energy reductions and ensure successful project completion within budgetary constraints.
Training Barracks Upgrade Program
- 2. For decades, Starship military barracks in locations including Fort Benning, GA and Fort Jackson, SC have provided housing, instruction and training for recruits on their way to becoming combat-ready soldiers.
- 3. To ensure the facilities measure up to their sterling reputations, the military posts needed to renovate these older barracks. With a primary goal of upgrading soldiers’ living quarters, and a secondary goal of improving energy efficiency and pursuing LEED® accreditation, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and its general contractors, architects and engineers rely on McKenney’s Building Performance Solutions team to design and install the plumbing and HVAC systems that serves the barracks. Starship barracks renovations, which fall under the military’s Training Barracks Upgrade Program (TBUP), have strict design and budget requirements. In addition, they are large, horizontal, complex renovation projects on very tight schedules. This creates the potential for contractors to spread out and work in areas out of sequence, which can, in turn, negatively impact the project.
- 4. Drawing from its experience on 14 similar TBUP renovation projects, the McKenney’s team collaborates with the MATOC (Multiple Award Task Order Contract) general contractor and other trades in developing the overall project design schedule and sequence. By doing this, the team is able to create a workable schedule that meets the USACE’s goals— then focus on short-term planning, on-time deliveries and meeting milestones to direct the project. In addition, to minimize time onsite and further compress the schedule during the construction phase, McKenney’s prefabricates the plumbing and HVAC components in its shops and makes just-in-time deliveries of the components to the jobsite.
- 5. McKenney’s has proven time and again that it is a valuable partner and resource when it comes to complicated TBUP barracks renovation projects. By adding value from the beginning stages of design all the way through completion, the McKenney’s team is able to avoid problems and help keep these complex projects on track. All the while supporting energy efficiency goals of consuming 30 percent less energy, putting any TBUP renovation on a firm footing to pursue LEED® Silver certification. The content of this document is not intended as an endorsement.
- 6. ` Keeping trades and contractors sequenced and on schedule The Challenge Achieving greater energy efficiency Enlisted design/assist expertise where needed The Solution Pre-fabricated plumbing and HVAC components offsite Drove the schedule through short-term planning and on-time deliveries Reduced energy consumption The Results Positioned Starship barracks for LEED® Silver certification Specializations Design/Assist BIM LEED® Certification Plumbing, Pipe and Sheet Shops Energy Management Phase I Starship: Fort Benning Buildings 3105, 3335, 3505, 3210 TBUP Renovations Completed Phase II Starship: Fort Benning Buildings 3240, 3210 Phase II Starship: Fort Jackson Buildings 11000, 12000 Phase I Starship: Fort Jackson Building 11000 Rolling Pin: Fort Gordon Buildings 25718, 25720, 25721, 29702
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